. On the anatomy of vertebrates [electronic resource] . is sup-ported by a process,ib. d, from the upperend of the base of the neuralarch swells outwardfrom its confluence withthe centrum, and de-velopes from each anglea transversely-elongatedzygapophysis; that fromthe anterior angle, z,looking upward, thatfrom the posterior angle,z*, downward; both sur-faces being flat, andalmost horizontal, as inthe Batrachians. Theneural canal is narrow ;the neural spine, ns, is ofmoderate height, aboutequal to its anteropos-terior extent; it is compressed and truncate. A wedge-shapedprocess


. On the anatomy of vertebrates [electronic resource] . is sup-ported by a process,ib. d, from the upperend of the base of the neuralarch swells outwardfrom its confluence withthe centrum, and de-velopes from each anglea transversely-elongatedzygapophysis; that fromthe anterior angle, z,looking upward, thatfrom the posterior angle,z*, downward; both sur-faces being flat, andalmost horizontal, as inthe Batrachians. Theneural canal is narrow ;the neural spine, ns, is ofmoderate height, aboutequal to its anteropos-terior extent; it is compressed and truncate. A wedge-shapedprocess, 6 zygosphene, zs, is developed from the fore part of the. Skeleton of the cobra (Naija tripudians) ANATOMY OF VERTEBRATES. 55 47


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